Arthur had hurt people, and a late apology could not restore the years Paige had lost.

Natalie and Brandon had made mistakes and still had work to do.

I had fears that did not vanish with one legal document.

But Harper was safe, loved, and learning that she could welcome people into her life without surrendering her own place in it.

For a seventy-year-old woman who once stood in a grocery aisle wondering how to afford orange juice, that was a treasure beyond anything a diamond could buy.

THE END.